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It means basically India, which is a landmass, originally seperate, pushed up into the main body of Asia. The collision caused the Himalayas. It's called a subcontinent because it wasn't always part of Asia.

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A subcontinent is a landmass that is a subregion of either a continent or on its own. For example, the Middle East is a subcontinent of Asia and is physically attached to Asia. However, Greenland is too a subcontinent of North America, although it is not physically attached.

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In most textbooks subcontinent means: A large landmass that is smaller than a continen, such as India

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